An unique experience to live in this lovely BnB by the railway which I treasure.
The house, rooms and garden, with fabulous ambience, look even better than pictures.
Excellent, gentle and most supportive hosts. Nu her sister Lalana, are among the kindest souls I have ever come across. You will be in good hands.
I followed Nu to market for "breakfast shopping" one morning. At 6.30am - the market, surrounded by temples, is vibrant and lovely. So much to see. Very worth going.
Breakfasts - I spent 5 days here, it's different every day, always a delight.
As an early bird, trains don't bother me at all. It's a local train with few compartments. The sound went fast - under 15 seconds. Apart from the train, you can hear school band playing the national anthem at 8am during weekdays. On the Sunday that I stayed, the music was longer and different as monks were being ordained. All these add to the local colours and authenticity of Thai community.
With repellents, mosquitoes is much milder than I thought.
While the house and host are fantastic, the community is friendly; it is not a heritage or conservation type old town, you will see both bright and "run-down" scenes when you walk around.
Going to down town is easy using sky train, sometimes, combining taxi or tuk tuk.
Don't miss nearby sites such as Wat Arun (Temple Dawn), and the Siam-Portuguese community, including the Baan Kudichin Museum (free admission), near the Santa Cruz Church.
Also recommend the Bangkok City Library housed in a renovated building - such calm vibes.
Finally, notes for checking in from international Suwannaphumi Airport:
For those who intend to use public transportation, sky train stations are not really luggage friendly - they have escalators up but stair cases down. I took the efficient airport rail link (45 THB) to Phayathai Station ( last stop), then changed to taxi which costed THB140. The whole journey took around 1.5 hours in non-peak hours. They have security uniform staff stationed at Phayathai taxi stand. Although the staff speak little English, simply showed them your address in Thai language which Nu, the host will give you, the security staff will call taxi for you and hand you a slip of paper with records of car number and time onboard etc. As far as I am aware, such service is only available at major transport hubs such as airport or transit stations like Phayathai station.